Write snapshots to same directory regardless of running context

[LucZwanenberg]

Suppose we have 2 feature files:

• A.feature
• B.feature

When we run all specs in the Cypress GUI using the button "Run 2 integration spes", then the snapshots will be written to the directory "cypress/reports/All Integration Specs". When we run A.feature in isolation, then a new snapshot will be written to "cypress/reports/A.feature".

Is there a way to always use the same snapshot regardless of whether we're running all tests or a single test in isolation? Similar to how snapshot testing works in Jest?

[pkerschbaum]

I think this is caused by a bug in Cypress itself: cypress-io/cypress#3090.

The screenshot directory reported by Cypress to cypress-image-snapshot (screenshotDir) is used by cypress-image-snapshot internally to compute the final destination of the image snapshot:

cypress-image-snapshot/src/plugin.js

Lines 79 to 82 in 0510252

	const relativePath = path.relative(screenshotsFolder, screenshotDir);
	const snapshotsDir = customSnapshotsDir
	? path.join(process.cwd(), customSnapshotsDir, relativePath)
	: path.join(screenshotsFolder, '..', 'snapshots', relativePath);